HOLDING OUT HOPE: Couples Marcia and Jill Stanard, left and center left, and Lauren and Rivka Gevurts, center right and right, are joined by their children at a vigil in front of the Oregon Supreme Court in Salem on the eve of the decision on same-sex marriage.

HOLDING OUT HOPE: Couples Marcia and Jill Stanard, left and center left, and Lauren and Rivka Gevurts, center right and right, are joined by their children at a vigil in front of the Oregon Supreme Court in Salem on the eve of the decision on same-sex marriage.